Bruce Eckel's MindView, Inc: Free Electronic Book: Thinking in Java, 3rd Edition. This page apparently has both "Thinking in Java" and "Thinking in C++" as being reader's choices for best book of 2002.
I don't know which readers, other than that they are Chinese. Subscribe to the free OOP Newsletter from Bruce Eckel. Total Beginner Lessons. Overview (Java Platform SE 6) Java Programming Notes. Java Basics: Table of Contents [First Draft - June 2005]